NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Field Division, Towanda R. Thorne-James, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Robert Frazier, announced two men, including a Mexican national, were arraigned after being indicted for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy...

NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the DEA's New Jersey Field Division Towanda R. Thorne-James, New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, New Jersey State Police Acting Superintendent Jeanne Hengemuhle, and Port Authority...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Today in Puerto Rico, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that 81 members of a violent drug trafficking organization have been charged federally following a Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigation. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department successfully led the takedown and arrest yesterday...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Field Division Towanda R. Thorne-James and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Robert Frazer announced a New York woman was convicted by a federal jury yesterday for offenses related to her trafficking of 400...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – José Julio Rodríguez-Cumba, also known as “Chambi,” “Chembi,” “Josué,” “Chambo,” and “Patrón,” was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Pedro A. Delgado to 360 months (30 years) in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for operating a continuing criminal enterprise responsible for...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the following prosecutorial results for the week of June 8 through June 12, 2026...

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of DEA's New Jersey Field Division Towanda R. Thorne-James and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Robert Frazer announced an Ocean County woman was sentenced for distributing over 1,500 pills containing methamphetamine. Denise Manco, 49, of Little Egg Harbor Township, New...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the following prosecutorial results for the week of June 1 through June 5, 2026...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Field Division Towanda R. Thorne-James and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Robert Frazer announced a Camden County pharmacist was charged in an indictment with unlawfully distributing oxycodone, and his wife was separately charged...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the following investigative and prosecutorial results for the week of May 26 through May...